IHA WebSite Links...
Thanks much for visiting us! Here are a few of the sites around the web that we recommend.
Pay for Performance Web Links
National Pay for Performance Summit
NCQA Provider Group
Oversight(P-GO) Improvement Project
Web
Links of News Services
HealthLeaders.com
news, information, and research
data about the business of healthcare
IntelliHealth
-daily e-news service on new clinical issues, plus rersource directory
Scoop! Direct
-free daily e-news service, with personal customization possible,
although largely based on press
releases
Other Web Links of Interest
AAHP: American Association of Health Plans
Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy
Achoo
- A comprehensive directory of business, professional practice, and
disease-related Internet health care sites.
Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality(AHRQ)
Alpha Center
- Health policy, health care reform, uninsured, and
managed care studies
American
Cities Business Journals
- Free (for now) access to health care
stories in business journals in 20 cities
American Heart
Association
- The Get with the Guidelines (GWTG) initiative of the American Heart
Association seeks rapid hospital quality improvement in meeting the best
practices of managing cardiovascular disease
American Journal of Managed Care
American Medical Group Association(AMGA)
An Overview of Managed Care
- Annotated links proposed by students at the
Graduate Program in Public Health University of Medicine and dentistry of New
Jersey and Rutgers University
Between Rounds
- The webzine for physicians in managed
care
Bioethics
Consultation Group
- Information on a new publication Ethical
Issues in Managed Care Quarterly
Biotechfind.com
- A directory of international links
covering the fields of biotechnologies and including Biotechnology Career
Center
California Association
of Health Plans
California Center for Health
Improvement (CCHI)
- a statewide non-profit,prevention-focused health policy center
CaliforniaChoice
California Consumer Health Scope
- an innovative, consumer friendly site developed by the Pacific
Business Group on Health (PBGH) with both descriptive and comparative
information on hospital, physician group, and health plan relationships and
quality measures
California Department of Managed
Health Care
- the web site of the new managed care department
The California Endowment Website
California Healthcare Association
California
HealthCare Foundation
- including information on a new daily news
service, California Healthline
California Information
Exchange(CALINX)
- innovative California purchaser-provider-plan intiative
funded by California HealthCare Foundation working on standards for electronic
data interchange and patient confidentiality
California Institute for Health
Systems Performance
- created by the California Healthcare
Association to manage new performance measurement projects, including a
statewide hospital patient satisfaction initiative
California Medical Review,
Inc.(CMRI)
California Primary Care Consortium
The California Wellness Foundation
Center for the Advancement of Health
- national research and advocacy
organization supporting strategies to change individual behaviors that promote
health
The Center for Clinical Quality
Evaluation(CCQE)
- Based in Washington, DC dedicated to advancing the art and
science of clinical quality evaluation and improvement
The Center for Health and Public
Policy Studies at the UC Berkeley School of Public Health
-- research and policy studies on current issues in health
care (uninsured, managed care, public health)
The
Center for the Health Professions, UCSF
- Health professions issues, plus
information on 1998 primary care achievement and journalism awards programs.
Consumer Driven
Health Care Association
- A new association formed by seven
web-enabled , consumer-driven health care models that empower individuals to
make the health care choices concerning them
CHW Health
- a new, comprehensive consumer focused health and wellness site that
replaces the former Catholic Healthcare West corporate site
Department of Managed Healthcare
- Independent Medical Review (IMR) Information Outreach. This
web site provides IMR information to physicians, providers, and consumers.
The Employee Benefits Research Institute
E-Healthcare Connections
- new mega site tracking health-related Internet web sites, targeted at
provider organizations
Employer
Quality Partnership(EQP)
- a voluntary coalition of seven employer
organizations fostering a market-based health care system
Families USA
- national consumer advocacy group, with specialized sites
dealing with Medicaid managed care and managed care consumer protections
Foundation for Accountability
Getting the Uninsured
Insured
- a web site created as part of a Work
and Health Initiative grant from the California Wellness Foundation
Glossary
of e-Health Terms
-E-Health Terms in Plain English by Frank Rhie, M.D., MBA
Chief Medical Officer Alteer Corporation
Glossary of Managed
Care Terms
- one of the most comprehensive managed care glossaries,
prepared by Pam Pohly Associates, a managed care consulting and executive search
firm.
Health A to Z
HealthAnswers
- Comprehensive medical site, including report cards and newsletters
HealthBond
-an online healthcare business community that provides a daily news
publication and access to experts
in various fields.
Healthcare Events
- Specialists in the organization of healthcare conferences
Health Care Financing
Administration
Healthcare Forum Journal
Healthcare Intelligence Network
Health Central
- a proprietary site offering free news and policy updates on a
variety of topics, including managed care
HealthEconomics.Com
- mega site with links to health
care sites, journals, consultants etc.
HealthLeaders.com
-an online health leadership community with news, forums, and
information
Health
Links
- A comprehensive directory of health related links.
HealthOnline
Health
Resources and Services Administration
- New federal HHS site allowing counties to compare health
indicator data.
HealthWorld Online
- A comprehensive site dealing with personal health and "self-managed
care," as well as alternative medicine.
HFMA: Healthcare Financial Management
Association
HHS transparency website
HIPC (The
Health Insurance Plan of California)
- California's innovative purchasing pool offering a range of HMO and POS
plans to small employers with 2-50 full-time employees
HMOs4seniors.com
- new website designed to assist seniors and caregivers in making
informed choices regarding Medicare+Choice options.
InsideHealthCare
- a key to internet health care research, with hundreds of
links to other health care related sites.
International Journal of Integrated Care
(IJIC)
- the International Journal of Integrated Care (IJIC), an online,
open-access, refereed academic journal focusing on issues in integrated care.
The Institute of Medicine
Internet Healthcare Coalition
- an Hippocrates
Journalinternational group promotion quality healthcare resources on
the Internet
The IPA Association of America
(TIPAAA)
Joint
Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare
The
Journal of the
American Medical Association
Kaiser Family Foundation
Latino Coalition for a Healthy California
MacLean Center for Clinical
Medical Ethics
- An excellent site not just for ethical issues, but also a whole range of
related health information resources
Managed Care Connection
- a comprehensive megaguide to managed care sites
Managed Care Magazine Daily Briefing
Managed
Care Forum
Managed Care On-Line
Managed Care Information Center
The Markkula Center for Applied
Ethics at Santa Clara University
Massachusetts Association of HMOs
Medicare HMO Compare Site
- HCFA Site
Medicare HMO Information Site
- Private site sponsored by Managed Care On-Line
MedicareNewsWatch.com
MedicareNewsWatch.com is your independent source for up-to-date information about
Medicare health plans, Medicare Part D - Prescription Drug
Plans, and other Medicare information
links. View Medicare Advantage out-of-pocket cost comparisons for plans in your area.
Medicare Payment Advisory
Commission (MedPAC)
- Advisory body to Congress on Medicare issues
MDlinx
- a network of 40 medical specialty and allied health sites.
MedScout
- a search engine for health care and health policy sites and
articles
MGMA Online
Modern Healthcare
- Includes free daily news from Modern Healthcare and a comprehensive
listing of all health related conferences
National
Academy for State Health Policy(NASHP)
- Forum for state health policy
leaders from the executive and legislative branches.
National Association of Physician Recruiters
(NAPR)
- a membership organization consisting of physician recruiting
firms, hospitals, medical groups, individuals and vendor organizations
National Bipartisan Commission on the Future of Medicare
National Committee for Quality Assurance
National Conference of State
Legislatures Intergovernmental Health Policy Project
The National Forum for Health Care
Quality Measurement and Reporting (Quality Forum)
- a new, national, public-private group stemming from the
Presdidential Advisory Commission work on consumer protection and managed care
The National Guideline
Clearinghouse™ (NGC)
- a comprehensive database of evidence-based clinical
practice guidelines and related documents produced by AHCPR in partnership with
AMA and AAHP
Nationshealth
Corp
- NationsHealth Corp. was founded for the purpose of creating a
national data warehouse of health and healthcare data to serve as a single
source of data for health professionals involved in planning, marketing and
business development.
The National Health Law Program
Website
- featuring advocacy for low-income consumers in particular
The New England
Journal of Medicine
Online Data from the American Hospital
Association's Health forum
-Customized online data delivery of health care provider mailing
lists and hospital data analysis from the American Hospital Association's Health
Forum. We integrated the AHA Annual Survey Database with 3 other major health
care databases for fast, easy-to-use, comprehensive data selection and analysis.
Partnerships for Quality Education
- a three-year $8.3 million national effort funded by the
Pew Charitable Trusts to develop partnerships between academic medical centers
and managed care organizations that will better train physicians to work in
manage care settings.
Practice Guardian
- site dealing largely with
provider financial management tips and assistance, but also including links to
other sites and resources.
Partnership for Patient Safety
- a national collaborative effort aimed at reducing medical errors
Partnership for Prevention
- a national, public-private effort aimed at promoting preventive health
policies and practices
President's
Advisory Commission on Consumer Protection and Quality in the Health Care
Industry
Project on Medical
Necessity
- Web site for Linda Bergthold, Ph.D., lead consultant for
IHA-Stanford project on medical necessity, featuring medical necessity issues in
particular.
Project Hope
- Health policy research and home of
the journal Health Affairs
The Public Health Institute
- The Public Health Institute -- based in Berkeley, PHI
manages a variety of efforts related to public health, particularly in
California,including a new $20 million grant program over five years funded by
The California Endowment
The Robert Wood Johnson
Foundation
Sacramento Healthcare
Decisions
Sierra Health Foundation
Stanford Center for Health
Policy
Texas Institute for Health
Policy Research
- an IHA-like group in Texas looking at policy issues and alternative
models for the future of managed care
Tobacco free Alliance
- The next generation California Tobacco Control Alliance is a
statewide organization working to reduce the use of tobacco through
collaboration with traditional tobacco control organizations and new partners.
Tufts Health Care Institute
-Tufts Health Care Institute (TMCI) is an independent not-for-profit
educational organization. Our mission is to provide physicians and other
healthcare professionals with knowledge, skills and tools to adjust to the
changing practice environment.
Create
your own free daily news summary from the wire services on a variety of health
care and other topics
Direct link to all California state
legislation
Information on Congressional members and
legislation as well as other federal government sites
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